2005 Croft Quinta da Roeda

Full bottle 1,330 g. Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Cão and Tinta Amarela. A single-quinta bottling. Quinta da Roeda is located near Pinhão. Winemaker David Guimaraens. Natural cork closure. RS 89 g/l. Vegan. A member of the Porto Protocol on climate-change mitigation. For some, this will be seen as having useful bottle age; for others, they might find it is drying out a little. Woody notes dominate; the fruit is much more reserved. Won’t improve with further ageing. (AWH)